The blissful child
Veracious Fatima (AS) gave the birth to her blissful baby, no other woman like
her was born during the Islamic era due to her faith, honor, purity, chastity,
and Jihad.
The Household (AS) and all companions received her with lots of happiness and
delight, and the imam the commander of the faithful (AS) did the Shariah decrees
on her. He recited Athan (calling for prayers) in her right ear and recited
Eqama (announcing the beginning of prayers) in her left. The first voice she has
ever heard was "Allah Akbar, La Elah Ela Allah: God is Greatest, there is no God
but Allah". These words are the goals of the prophets and the jewels of the
worlds values. These great words found a strong ground in the inner self of lady
Zainab. They, later on, became the most significant elements of her personality.
In the future, she would adopt the calling to the true application of these
words for which she would encounter horrible adversities.

The sadness of the prophet (SAWA) and his crying
When the prophet (SAWA) received the news of this blissful child he hurried with
spiritless power to the house of his daughter, feeling sad. He took her while
his tears were shining on his delightful face and hugged her then started to
kiss frequently.
The chief of women Fatima (AS) was shocked for her father's crying and said:
what makes you crying father? May Allah not allow your eyes to cry? He answered
her with quiet sad voice: "O Fatima! You should know that this daughter will
have to suffer horrible misfortunes and tragedies after my and your demise…"(1).
The prophet (SAWA) knew what will happen to his granddaughter of cruel disasters
which would make a mountains melt. She will be tested with matters than no other
woman had. Therefore its normal for his daughter the gate of his wisdom –Ali-
(AS) to share the pain and sadness of the prophet (SAWA).
Salman Alfarsi, the faithful follower of the prophet's family came to
congratulate the commander of the faithful (AS) for receiving his blissful
daughter but he saw him sad, and in grief whilst talking about what his daughter
will face of sadness and calamities (2). Salman shared AhlulBayt's pains and
sadness.

Naming her
Al-Zahra (AS) carried her blissful baby to the imam and he took her and started
to kiss her frequently. Then she looked at him and said: "Name this newborn.."
The imam answered politely and humbly: " I would not precede the messenger of
Allah (SAWA)…"
The imam Asked the prophet (SAWA) to name her, and he said " I would not precede
my god.." then angel came down to the prophet (SAWA) and said to him:" Name her
Zainab, Allah has chosen this name for her..." Then he told him what will his
daughter face of horrible disasters and events then he and his householders
began to cry (3).

Her nickname
The pure veracious Zainab was nicknamed (Um-Kulthom) and some said she was
nicknamed with (Um-Alhasan). (4)
Her epithets

Aqilat Bani Hashim: The Arabic 'Aqialah means the gentlewoman who is honorable
among her people and venerated in her house.
Lady Zainab was such an honorable and virtuous lady that all her descendants
have been called Banu al-Aqilah- sons of the gentlewoman.

Al-Alimah: For her supreme knowledge, Lady Zainab was called 'al-'Alimah -the
knowledgeable female. Historians have confirmed that she was an authority for
Muslim ladies who used to refer to her in their religious affairs.

Abidatu Alu-Ali: the worshiper of Ali's family
Lady Zainab was recognized also as being distinguished worshipper among Muslim
ladies. Some narrators stated: she offered the supererogatory prayers during the
hardest and the most horrible night of the eleventh of Muharram.

Al-Kamilah: ( the perfect) She is the most perfect woman in Islam after her
mother and grandmother Khadija because of her virtue, honor, chastity, and
purity of sins and impurity.

Al-Fadhilah: Because of her great jihad, service for Islam, and steadfastness
for sake of Allah, Lady Zainab's virtue has exceeded all limits, therefore, she
was proudly conferred with the epithet of 'al-Fadhilah -the virtuous.

The year she was born
Historians and narrators differ about the year Aqilat Bani Hashim was born.
These are some of their states:
1. 5H in the month of Jemada-Alola.
2. the second year of Hijra
3. 9H but Sheikh Ja'far Naqdi impugned that and said " this saying was not right
because Fatima (AS) died after her father in the 10th year or 11th depends on
the differences of the narrations. Therefore if the birthday of the lady Zainab
was in the 9th year while she is the eldest daughter of Fatima (AS) then when
Um-Kulthom was born? And when was she pregnant with Al-Muhsen and miscarried him
when she was in her 6th month?" and stated "it is more likely to us that the
birthday of Zainab (AS) was in 5th year of Hijra" Then he mentioned more
evidence on what he said. (7)

Her marriage to Abdullah bin Ja'far
Abdullah bin Ja'far bin Abu-taleb (AS) a matchless person, one of the unique
Muslims, and one of the lords of Bani Hashim (clan) he was called (Bahr Aljod:
the sea of generosity). Some said " There was not any of the Muslims more
generous than him" (9)
Naseib praised him (recited a poem) and he gave him a big prize. Some people
told him: You give all of this for this black? He said: If he was a black then
his hair is white, he deserved for what he said more than what he gained. We
gave him forgettable things, and he gave us praise will be narrated, and
immortal compliment" (10).
He was admonished for his extreme generosity and kindness to people, and he said
" Allah made me addicted to a habit, and I made it a hobbit to people. I fear if
I stopped it will get away from me"(11).

Her sons
This venerable master got from Alhawra Zainab AS magnificent progeny: 1. Awn
2. Mohamed who was martyred with his brother Awn on the day of Ashura 3. Abbas 4
Ali Alzainabi 5 The lady Um-Kulthom, Imam Al-Hussain (AS) got her married with
her cousin AL-Qasim bin Mohamed bin Ja'far.

Her plainness
One of her best characteristic moral virtues was her renounce for life. She left
all the life pleasures and joys, following the example of her father who
divorced the life irreversibly. Also following her mother the chief of all
world's women ,Zahra's the daughter of the messenger of Allah (SAWA). She was as
the narrators stated, she did not have anything in her house but a mat made from
palm fronds, skin of a sheep. She was wearing clothes made from camel wool, and
grinned the barley with her bare hands and other shapes of asceticism and
renouncing life.
The gentlewoman of Bani Hashim was inspired with this generous soul, and
renounced all shapes of life pleasures that she did not save anything from her
day to the other day as Imam Zain-ol-Abedien Ali bin AL-Hussain (AS) stated
(12). She left the life pleasure and preferred to follow her brother the master
of the free, Imam Hussain bin Ali (AS).
She knew that he will be martyred in Karbala as her father told her but she
accompanied him and everything to support Islam and protect it's principles and
values. She knew what will happen about the killing of her brother and what she
would face about being captured and humiliated. She did all of that to serve the
religion of Allah the Almighty.

Her death
She did not last for long until diseases infected her body, and she became like
a ghost that she couldn’t talk.
She stayed on bed suffering from her illness and worse than it were the
calamities which were front of her until her last moments… she died while she
remembring Allah and reading Quran. Her soul left t the heaven as a supreme soul
followed by the angels and received by the prophets whilst she complaining to
Allah about her hardship and what she had to face of calamities and sufferings
which never happened before to any human since Allah created the earth.
She left to heaven, probably on Sunday, 24th of Rajab, 62H (13). It was the time
for her heart which was torn by disasters to calm and for her tortured body to
rest.